Most sports are actually absurd. Golf involves hitting a tiny ball into a hole hundreds of yards away. Soccer is based on the idea of what if we didn't use our hands. Speed stacking — if you really ...

Sport stacking is Oliver Schwerer’s latest passion, and his dedication has not only earned him a spot on the Pennsylvania State Sport Stacking Team, but he also competed at this year’s Amateur ...

JOPLIN, Mo. — It was cup stacking time again at St. Mary’s Elementary in Joplin. Part of the school’s annual “stack up” event where kindergarten through 5th grade kids were part of a world record ...

Okay, I was sent this link from the promotions director of the local TV station of kids in a cup-stacking competition held recently. First, I have to say, the kids are amazing, and it's my ...

Editor’s note: This segment was rebroadcast on Sept. 30, 2025. Click here for that audio. In the early 2000s, thousands of U.S. schools had their students race the clock to stack cups in gym class.

Can you imagine spending an afternoon stacking and unstacking a bunch of plastic cups? If that doesn't sound like fun, then you probably haven't tried sport stacking. This emerging sport may sound ...

I visited Summerfest three times so far this year, and each time, I noticed that fewer people were drinking from a stack of beer cups. In fact, on Monday night, at the raging Matisyahu concert, I didn ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

Ezekiel McDowell has been obsessed with speed for as long as he can remember. His favorite superhero growing up was The Flash and he says he can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under 30 seconds. But for the ...